Found 3 items, similar to Modulation.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: modulation modulasi
English → English (WordNet) Definition: modulation modulation n 1: a musical passage moving from one key to another [syn: transition] 2: (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase 3: rise and fall of the voice pitch [syn: intonation, pitch contour ] 4: a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified [syn: inflection] 5: the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect)
English → English (gcide) Definition: Modulation Modulation \Mod`u*la"tion\, n. [L. modulatio: cf. F. modulation.] 1. The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated; as, the modulation of the voice. [1913 Webster] 2. Sound modulated; melody. [R.] --Thomson. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mus.) A change of key, whether transient, or until the music becomes established in the new key; a shifting of the tonality of a piece, so that the harmonies all center upon a new keynote or tonic; the art of transition out of the original key into one nearly related, and so on, it may be, by successive changes, into a key quite remote. There are also sudden and unprepared modulations. [1913 Webster] 4. (Electronics) The alteration of hte amplitude, intensity, frequency, or phase (of the carrier wave of a radio signal) at intervals, so as to represent information to be transmitted. [WordNet 1.5]